From institutional to community support: Consequences tor medical care

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-180

  Van Loon, Jos ^a   Knibbe, Jeroen ^a   Van Hove, Geert ^b  

^a Stichting Arduin   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deinstitutionalization; Medical care

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444387624     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2005.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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